The life and journey of Neolithic copper objects : transformations of the Neuenkirchen Hoard, North East Germany (3800 BCE) / Henry Skorna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skorna, Henry, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Scales of transformation in prehistoric and archaic societies ; 15.

Scales of Transformation in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neolithic period--Germany--Neuenkirchen (Steinfurt).

Neolithic period.

Material culture--Germany--Neuenkirchen (Steinfurt)--History--To 1500.

Material culture.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Germany--Neuenkirchen (Steinfurt).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities.

Neuenkirchen (Steinfurt, Germany)--Antiquities.

Neuenkirchen (Steinfurt, Germany).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

197 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2022]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

1.1. Definition of hoard finds

2. Topographical position of Neuenkirchen

2.1. Landscape and waterways

3. State of research on the Funnel Beaker North Group in present-day Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

4. Chronology of the Funnel Beaker Societies

5. Anthropogenic activities in the surroundings of Neuenkirchen at the time of the Funnel Beaker Societies

5.1. Settlement activities

5.2. The settlement sites of Warlin, Brunn, Carpin, Jatznick, Glasow and Gristow (Fig. 8)

5.2.1. The settlement site of Warlin

5.2.2. The settlement site of Brunn

5.2.3. The settlement site of Carpin

5.2.4. The settlement site of Jatznick

5.2.5. The settlement site of Glasow

5.2.6. The settlement site of Gristow

5.3. Funnel Beaker period hoards and megalithic graves in the vicinity of Neuenkirchen

5.3.1. Deposits (Fig. 11)

5.3.2. Megalithic graves

5.4. Summary of anthropogenic activities in the vicinity of Neuenkirchen

6. Finds and features of the hoard find from Neuenkirchen

6.1. Feature and artefact descriptions

6.1.1. Dagger (Plate 1)

6.1.2. Flat axe (Plates 2a and 4c)

6.1.3. Spiral arm ring (Plates 2b, d and 4a)

6.1.4. Band spiral (Plates 2c and 4b)

6.1.5. Sheet metal fragment (Plates 2e and 4d)

6.1.6. Ceramic Vessel

7. Analysis of traces of manufacture and use

7.1. Damage

7.1.1. Fracture

7.1.2. Cracks

7.1.3. Notches

7.1.4. Dents

7.1.5. Impact marks

7.1.6. Bending

7.1.7. Twisting

7.2. Reworking

7.2.1. Hammering, peening (Dengeln)

7.2.2. Grinding, polishing, filing, whetting

7.3. Addressing possible signs of use and manufacture on the Neuenkirchen hoard inventory

7.3.1. Dagger

7.3.2. Flat axe

7.3.3. Spiral arm ring

8. X-ray fluorescence and lead isotope analyses

8.1. History of research on chemical metallurgical analyses in archaeology

8.2. Functionality of X-ray fluorescence analysis

8.3. Limits and difficulties

8.4. Information depths and patina

8.5. Procedure for the author's pXRF analyses

8.6. Results

8.6.1. Greifswald (Inv.-No. ALM 99/1139)

8.6.2. Weltzin (Inv.-No. ALM 2010/1853, 8)

8.6.3. Altwigshagen (Inv.-No. ALM 2009/1015)

8.6.4. Neuenkirchen

8.6.5. Notes on the differences between the pXRF and laboratory ED-XRFA measurements

8.6.6. Discussion of the results

8.6.7. Lead isotope analyses

9. Early Copper in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

9.1. Overview of the copper finds

9.2. Chronological position of the copper finds

10. Typo-chronological analyses of the Neuenkirchen artefacts

10.1. Dagger

10.2. Dagger typology

10.2.1. Lancet and flange hilted daggers (Lanzett- und Griffzungendolch)

10.2.2. Type Frumusica

10.2.3. Notched Daggers of the Late Copper to Early Bronze Age

10.2.4. Rivet daggers of the Cucuteni type

10.2.5. Type Balkany

10.2.6. Type Dolne Semerovce/Male Levare

10.2.7. Type Usatovo

10.2.8. Special forms similar to the Dolne Semerovce/Male Levare daggers

10.2.9. Italic daggers

10.2.10. Greek daggers

10.2.11. Daggers with tang hilt

10.2.12. Summary of the dagger typochronology

10.2.13. Typo-chronological classification of the dagger from Neuenkirchen

10.3. The flat axe from Neuenkirchen

10.4. The arm spiral from Neuenkirchen

10.5. The band spiral from Neuenkirchen

10.6. The sheet metal fragment from Neuenkirchen

10.7. Excursus: Pars pro toto of a necklace of band spirals and pendants?

10.8. Overall chronological assessment of the hoard from Neuenkirchen

10.8.1. Selected hoard finds of the 4th millennium

10.8.2. Neuenkirchen between Bygholm and Stollhof

11. Neuenkirchen in light of the Development of Early Metallurgy in Southeast Europe

12. Neuenkirchen

profane, ritual, and/or social practice?

13. Summary

14. References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9464270306

9789464270303

9789464270310

9464270314

OCLC:

1334718247

Publisher Number:

99993194434